MEANING
To speak slowly, extending vowel sounds.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- drawl a reply
- a Southern drawl
On the page
"Plenty of time," he drawled, without looking at the clock.
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Word forms
- Base
- drawl
- Past tense
- drawled
- Past participle
- drawled
- Present participle
- drawling
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- drawl
- Present continuous
- am/is/are drawling
- Present perfect
- have/has drawled
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been drawling
- Past
- drawled
- Past continuous
- was/were drawling
- Past perfect
- had drawled
- Past perfect continuous
- had been drawling
- Future
- will drawl
- Future continuous
- will be drawling
- Future perfect
- will have drawled
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been drawling
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Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: drawl; drawls; drawled; drawled; drawling Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: dialogue, description. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: drawls.
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